PAGC FOUR
Ita CriTCON STATESMAN. Saiia. - Ort-sa. Wednesday lZtmiz, figceabcr 3, 1S33
; "No Favor Sways Vt; No Fear ShaU AtotT
, ' .From First Statesman. March- 28, 1851 ;
THE STATESMAN PUBIJSHING CO. . "
! Chajuxs A. Snucur, Shixdon T. Sxcrtrr, Pulluktra
Chaeles A. SraAccx -
Sheldon F. Sxexrrr
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Member of tbe Associated Press
. -'The Associated Pres la xenlry entltM to the- uaa for publics
Mom of aU nnrt dlaratchea credited to It ar not etlMrwlM credited la
- Pacific Coast Adrertiring Representatires:
. Arthur W. Htypm, lm . ft. , d. e-irity Bids.
Baa ftvnetwo. Rtutrnn BW. Ip, Pac Bids.
' Eastern Adrertisinsr Beoreseatatives:
ra-Faraoaa-Htarnvr.liM-, rw Torn. - it I atari!
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; Entered at JW Pottoffiee at Salem, Oregon po Second-CtasM
Hotter. Published every morning except Monday Bmoinesm
office, SIS S. Commercial Street.; -
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Copy 2 cents, Oa tratno and Nows Stands i cents. ,
iTri President la Silent - V-
fflHE message of President
X cause of what it omits and what it evades. not only
are important public questions not referred s to, but topics
that are brought up are treated ratner evasively, une notes
phrases like this recurring with disturbing frequency:
"I therefor suggest that an inquiry be directed
"I recommend that a study be made j " ; '
Further legislation is necessary :" " ' I ,. , V
.-;;Tke .whole subject requires exhaustire reconsideration- -"There
are a number of questions which V . I recommend
' should be placed in consideration by tbe Congress I -
. There is lacking about the document the positive ring,
the note of command, the call of leadership which the peo
ple as well as the congress may respond to;: and which they
prew r accustomed to expect from ; great j presidents like
Roosevelt and Wilson. -
Vexing questions are not mentioned or are touched
slightly. There is nothing said about prohibition ; about the
Wickersham commission; about the problems and powers
of the federal power- commission. ? No further relief is
proposed for agriculture save loans for seed and feed in
drouth-stricken areas. Muscle Shoals is bundled together
with bus legislation, congestion in the courts and border
smuggling as measures which "should be completed". Pub
lic utility problems are briefly dealt with as follows: v
"I hare in a previous message recommended elfectlre regula
tion of interstate electrical power. Such regulation should preserre
the Independence and responsibility of the states.' .
The president deals rather fully with the economic sit
uation and does so luddly and soundly. -He expresses his
view in these words: - !
. "Economic depression can not be cured by legislatlre action or
sxeeutire pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by
the action of the cells of the economic -body the producers and
consumers themselres. Recovery can be expedited and its effects
mitigated by cooperative action. That cooperation requires thater
ary individual should sustain faith and courage;, that each should
maintain bis self-reliance; that each and erery one should search
tor method of lmproring bis business "or serrice; , that the vast ma
jority whose income Is unimpaired should not board out of fear but
should pursue their normal lirlng and recreations that each, should
seek to assist his neighbors who' may be less fortunate; that each
Industry should assist its own employes; that each community
and each state should assume its full responsibilities for organisa
tion of employment and relief of
Independence which built a great Nation. . i
"Our people are responding to these Impulses In remarkable
legree." i " . . ,
The financial report reads like a 1930 earnings state
ment. After using $185,000,000 of interest payments on
the foreign debt to pay running expenses there is an esti
mated deficit in sight of $180,000,000. His advise on the
public finances is: ? ! -
,lf lull A k W W 4 .UV yuwuv V .W..M.
increase expenditures during the current fiscal year In aid to un
employment by speeding up construction work and aid to the. fann
ers affected by the drought, I can not emphasise too strongly the
. absolute necessity to defer any other plans for Increase of goTern
snent expenditures.' -
On the whole the message is disappointing. The presi
dent breaks no new ground, ventures no major step of prog
ress, indulges in no creative thinking. His definite pro
posals are for the most part incidental. Both the party and
, the country are left to the divided counsels and discordant
leadership of the congress.' h
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r - Keeping Up with the Joneses
fin HE major problem in a university nowadays is getting
JL and keeping a good football coach. Frexies are avail
able by the dozen, and at very
es, the kind who can turn out winning teams, keep the
alumni satisfied, fill the grandstands with pay spectators,
and get along with the campus frat cliques, they are rare
Indeed. : V... - ' -
The . University of Oregon, having a year ago dismissed
McEwan, at rather an expensive dismissal, thought they
were all fixed when they hired Doc Spears at $11,000 a
year to provide them with winning . teams and athletic
spondulix. Now Spears, after a year's trial, is reported
flirting with the University of California, where Nibs Price
has recently done the belly-flop. Oregon, no doubt, seems
little tame for Spears after Minnesota and the Big Ten;
and perhaps the salary inducements are higher at Berkeley.
Or it may be that there is nothing to it but surmises of
sports editors out of copy since the season closed. -'
But It is giving Oregon cold chills to think, about los
ing Spears, though the rest of the state can't see where a
coach, even Spears, is worthy eleven thousand dollars to
Oregon. -'-'--i- .";
College football is just. a matter- of keeping, up with
the Joneses. t : j ; i .
Save the Two-Cent Stamp
POSTMASTER General Brown i-eoorximends inaking the
rate for letter mail two and a half cents instead of two
cents per ounce. He says that the rate is the same as it
was in 1882 while the two cents is worth much less than
It was then. That may be true, but if there is anything
1 . J 11. . .... . a . . .
iraicfl wiu nme me puoac kick it is Doosting xne stamp
price for letters to 2Vic That extra half cent will be like
a needle prick every time -they mail a letter. For the period
of the war patriotism was a stronger emotion than fru
gality, and 3c was paid, but there was a universal sigh of
relief when the nostaxre rate
Just where the government wiU go to make up its
mounting deficit we do not know. But the people would
rather pay it more or less painlessly through tariffs and
taxes than to be "held ur" a half cent &tr a time whenever
they drop a letter, in the chute: -
The secretary of labor In the president's 'cabinet la like our
own state market agent's office: largely a gesture. The chief duty
of the secretary of labor Is to keep the labor rote lined' up for the
administration. Daris was more of a fraternal - order zlad-hander
than a labor union man. The new
hood man. He may be named because tbe railway workers are more
tightly organised than federation unions, and so mar be able to do
urer more rotes. Labor insisted
inet; so It can't complain lilt is
Frank Jenkins, writing In
the plan to turn back to .the states millions of acres of public lands
Is pretty much ot a gift horse. No forest lands are Included," the
tillable lands hare long since been homesteaded, and the federal
-gorernment reserves the title to
minerals. The land has all been
worthless. The gorenment may
gesuon was to turn it orer to the
"Underwear takes drop" says
.- - - Editor-Uanaver
- ltanaoig Editor' v ;
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Hoover's is noteworthy be-
distress with that sturdlness audi
reasonable prices. But coach
- . 17"-
went back to twn rpna
man. Doak. is a railroad brother
on baring the office in the cab
fined by some political fixer.
the Roseburr News-Rerlew. ears
any future diseoreries of oil or
grazed orer till It Is practlcaUy
as well keep.it: the Oregon sug-
forest serrice for administration.
an ad. Curtain.
HEALTH
Py R. tX Cc?laa3 IX. D.
On a recent - tour X inspected
some pti bile - beaches. It was
with great joy that X watched
- th .yoangsters
rosapiAS on
the t beaeh.
Their lit tie
bodies were
cantfly ; cor
red by cloth
ing. Almost
erery. part was
exposed' to the
rays -of the
us. i
How ' differ
ent the picture
was years ago.
Children were
evdrised net to
play In- the sua tor fear of be
coming, "orer heated". As for the
attire, the mothers of that day
would : hare been v shocked- by
such scanty, clothing. aa Is bow
the rogue. f -V,"" ";f"
When yon and I veto children,
we- were aabjeeted'to that terrl
ale ordeal.- taking : the - annual
"Spring tonic. Usually this con
sisted of some form of cod llrer
oil. . It . has long been known
that cod llrer oil riren to chil
dren would stimulate growth.
Just why, we dldnt know, r !
Rickets ia a disease ot modern
lifelv It was unknown to our an
cestors, and is not preralent to
day anions; oeopie who enlor
sunshine and outdoor lirlng. t It
Is usually spoken of aa a disease
of faulty diet. n-r:
A diet lacking Vitamin D will
produce rickets. Yet a deficiency
of .Vitamin D. if there- is an
abundance of sunlight, will not
peeduce the disease. It la appar
ent that both, these- factors are
important in the prerention ot
rickets. . F ;
As a - result of - our modern
ways of lirlng, rickets may eas
ily be acquired. Its preralence
In children is common, and only
within recent years has it been
on Jhe decline. ; -
It Is an ailment most common
in children: under two years of
age. . It may occur la older chil
dren aa well as in adults. It la
ten times more preralent la ar
tificially fed infants, although It
occasionally, occurs in breast-fed
Infanta. y-: ;
Children Urine in dark homes.
with no sunlight, as in the city
tenement houses, are r ore prone
to derelop rickets. I haTe seen
terrible cases la the slums of En-
rope. .. !- . . ;
Babies that sleep poorly and
are restless,- should be suspected
of rickets. A more definite sign!
Is the tossing and xnorlng of the '
head upon the pillow, a habit'
which soon rubs off the hair1
from the back of the head.
Children with rickets learn to
walk at a late stage. Their mus
cles and bones are ; extremely
weak and cannot eupport the
body, They do not. play well
with other- children, and are
backward in their general de-
relopment. "
Bowed legs or . knock-knees
soon derelop because of the mus
cular and bony weakness. The
muscles of the abdomen are like
ly to relax.! string the child the
so-called "pot-belly". These chil
dren, In addition to growth re
tardation, are anemic and ex
tremely nerrous. : J
Where rickets exists, or there
is a tendency toward it, cod llrer
oil should be glren. As a'pre-
rentire. rather than as a curatlre
measure, exposure to the direct
rays of the sun should be en
couraged. - Infants ahould not be
shaded from the sun, but should
be reasonably exposed to the sun.
AU children should be encour
aged to play as much as possible
In the sunlight," js
A
Answers . to Health Queries
A. D. R. Q What can, be
done Tor head noises? I hare
been treated without results. ;
A. This ' ; disturbance may
come , from -sereral different
things: A catarrhal condition,
high blood pressure or nervous
ness may be at the source, i It
there is any tendency to catarrh
ft should be cleared up first of
all. yy p . ,:: ; -U-..
Yesterdays
-' . . ; Of Old Oregon
Town Talks from The SUtes
snara Oar Fathers -Read. -
- Dec 8, 10O5 "; t
Crail Hamilton returned to
Brooks yesterday after spending
several . days attending to bus
iness matters here. - - -
Harry Freeman, prominent Los
Angeles baseball player, was In
the city while on his way to
Portland. - i i ,
8tate Engineer Lewis is baring
m dark room built-in the capitoi
dome and. fitted with the neces
sary equipment tor making blue
prints. . .
The boys or the T. M. C. A. are
preparing, to hold their Indoor
street concert and festlral la the
building tonight. The celebrated
-naea-wara squad"-, will giro a
drill. -
Salem lodge No. 4, A. F. and
A. 1L, elected the following offi
cers: A. I. Fraser, w. M.: If. P.
Baldwin, S. W.; J. L. Sweeney.
J. W.: Dan'l J. Fry, traesurer; F.
A. Legg, secretary. ; :
TODAY'S
PROBLEM .
A sum of money amounting to
$2.20 consists of nickels a a d
Quarters. How many are there
of each, kind if there are II
coins? Today's answer tomorrow.
Yesterday's answer: f miles (one
way.)
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V0O CiVr ViEED
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"FOREST LOVE'' &wMon
"Mama's girlie!" lira. HOIleu-
beek'a faded blue eyes blurred.
She-slipped a skinny-arm around
Nancy's slender waist, smiling tri
umphantly to herself. Other
mothers might lack affection,
other mothers might hare cause
for worry in these hectic, mod
ern times. Not she, thank God,
not she!
"But why did you send for ui.
Mummy? What was the big
idea?" Nancy, cool and. self-possessed
again, was flinging oft
her things, noting with the clear
er vision, one always has after
an absence that; the thin place
in the hall - carpet w j almost
worn through, and something
would hare to be done about the
wallpaper, It. was a disgrace!
"Oh!" Mama came back to
earth with a start. "It's your
Aunt SlUe. She
"She's dead! 8he died and
left us titty thousand, Hallelu
jah!" Nancy shouted, orercome
with the -rery idea.
J Eren Lou smiled sympatheti
cally. Stingy Aunt Ellle . . . -
But mama ' thin little face-.
puckered. Into a mask of horror.
She lifted a shaking finger. "Shh,
she'll hear!4"
Aunt Rule Watson was sitting
In the - rocker, in Mrs. Hollen-
beck's sunny .bedroom, sipping, a
cup of warm milk. "I'm stout,,
she was ; accustomed to admit,
but I'm not strong. That's -why
I take a little nourishment erery
two hoars. Just a bite and a nip
ot milk, to keep my , strength
up. " . : : ', , :
Aunt Ellle was looking as
strong as usual, Naney noticed
resentfully as - she came in to
kiss her and tell her. how awful
ly glad they were to see her, and
to think that ahe really wanted
them ' with her for the summer.
"Dear Aunt Ellle!" she. cried.
putting her arms around her and
making a little grimace at Lou.
who stood in the doorway wait
ing her turn, f
"Dear Aunt Ellle!" Louise
echoed, trying to sound as warm
and -genuine as-Nancy and fail
ing by . several degrees. Kissing
Aunt Ellle had always been an
ordeal for her, but aot tor Nan
ey. - ; - v : - -
"I Just concentrate on wnat X
want her to glre me for Christ'
mas and then I can forget her
mustache, and the way her tat
goes - squish like Jelly,' ?. Nancy
confessed: But - though she - had
been good: naturedly Instructing
the squeamish Louis for years.
Louise's efforts were, not - con
rlncing. ' . . . -- -.-
Try1 as you like, you couldn't
lore Aunt Ellle.' Just when you'd
feel a - little warm- because you
were unexpectedly - In her good
graces, she'd spoU It all by say
ing something . cutting ' to mama
or being particularly ugly to poor
Uncle Joseph. If sne gare you
twenty dollars on Christmas she
wanted to take it back on New
Years to put ltt the. sarings hank
for tou. There was a string tied
to ererythtng. Eren . the beauti
ful' mby ring ahe sure Lou on
her twenty-first blrthdsy. "Too
raluable for you to lose, she
said, "so IH lust keen It tor you
in my safety deposit box. When
ever you "want- to wear it, you
Just let me know. Lou had worn
it twice.
5 Bo Nancy wasnt going to get
excited - about- this, - Anything
might - happen to Spoil it. Still
the relief of finding-, that Mrs.
Crala- hadn't really had- any
thing to do with her being sent
for. of finding no fresh calamity
at home, and stingy Aunt Ellle
actually in a mood for spending
money was -not to be taken too
lixhtly.
For years they had been
dreaming about this , . . "Some
day your Aunt Ellle will take
you - on a trip Europe maybe
she -can certainly arrord w
It wasn't Europe, of course,
but eren Yoeemite was exciting.
Yosemlt and - the - new Awahaee
HoteL "twelre and a half and
up! - "
TOUIt INFORMATION
CHAPTER IX.- .
"I can't beliere iti" Louise
whispered, taking a few tango
steps in the kitchen. Something!!
happen, sure as fate; she'll nerer
go through with it. Think of It,
the Awahnee! If we aren't In
luck. I're been praying tor It for
seren years!' i
Nancy shut the door tight be
hind them. "Nothing will happen.
Didn't you hear her telling
mama? She's j Just doing this to
spite Uncle Joseph. She's furious
because he's had to go ot the hos
pital, poor old thing. Didn't you
hear her saying that she would
not mind if it: was an appendix.
but there wasn't any sense to It
when- it was only rheumatism?
She thinks he's trying to get
away from her, and more power
to him if he is. And she's pun
ishing him by spending a. lot of
money I mean she thinks-she's
punishing him and just taking
us to run up the bilL Lordy, we
are in luck! If. she stays in this
state ot mind CTen for a few. days
well make a haul. We deserre It,
too. I can feel her mustache-yet
. . . ugh! If I erer get as old and
fat and nasty as that I hope
someone puts arsenic in my soup
honest!" . ; v
Ereryone was nerrous at din
ner. Nerrous and excited. "Hare
some more of the peas," mama
begged, "and - Just a LITTLE
more grary, Ellle. Papa, you're
neglecting Ellle! Shell hare an
other chop!" - -
"Yes, lust a LITTLE ebon "
papa echoed, moist with hospital
ity getting the last one oa the
serrlng fork.
"No, indeed. I'm a rery light
eater," Aunt ' Ellle demurred,
waring it away with a fat hand.
But she took ' it, spreading it
lightly with butter. "It's a tunny
thing, I can't eat anything dry.
It goes against me. Well, Just a
LITTLE more potato. Kitty, v I
suppose X hare to keep up my
strength, though I don't know
what for with -Joseph in the hos
pital spending money like water
and looking at all the pretty
nurses. You cant ' tell . me.- men
are all alike. I gare him . the
best years of my life and. now,
when . he could be some comfort
d - nie -
Yes, you're had a beautiful
life. mama interrupted "hastily.
"I only hop that the girls will
marry as happily. But, dear. me.
it costs so much these days, with
two young ladles . ." r 7
: "Without eapiUl. papa" Inter
rupted.' feeling, that It required a
man to steer tbe coarersatlon tato
safer channels, as Aunt Ellle was
getting ready r to go back to the
hospital and pretty nurses. "With
out capital a man la handicapped.
But with a little cash to take care
of his Indebtedness and- make a
few Intelligent tares tm en ts "
. Papa's roiee droned on. ; Not
eren Aunt Elllie could stop him
now. Inrestments. S ectrTttlea.Piea
ldentlal elections. Large, mouth
tilling phrases. Nobody would
erer guess that It was all lead
ing up to a loan of fifty dollars.
Nobody 'but1 Louise,, who knew
there was twenty-fire still due
on the frigidaire, and ten on the
radio and fire on the darenport
and" orerdrawm af the bank.
v"Oh If she only would lend
us something! It would help so
much!" - But Papa t nerer got
courage to actually ask outright
hud Aunt Ellle always pretended
she didn't understand.
"And ; this trio ' won't beln
either, she thought despondent
ly, automatically serrlng second
helpings of bread pudding.; "We
will bare a tew days of tun tee
ing the Yosemlte that will be
something and- then Aunt Ellle
wiU realise she's spending too
mueh money- and .well come
back. Back to the rirer, prob
ably and, Jack' B earner will be
there to drag Nancy; Into more
mischief and r Mat Mat Tal
ly- - f ?t; " ,
"Telephone. Louise Mrs. Ttol.
leabeck . said, mildly, accenting
her-words with a little kick un
der the 'table. Dinner-time tele
i
phone calls were invariably for
Nancy, but tor some .vague fam
ily reason it was supposed to
be Lou's duty to answer. Aunt
Ellle followed her with pale, cur
ious eyes. - -j-. .:
"When I was a girl," mama
said, "young tmen were too considerate-of
a young lady to in
terrupt at the dinner hour."
"Nonsense," said Aunt Ellle.
"When yon were a girl there
were no telephones. Who is this
beau of Louise's? Maybe I'll gire
them their first silrer."
"Nancy for you-oo!
Louise was calling- from the
halL Nancy got up, dimpling.
"And If I ret married fJmt da
X get the sUrer?"
"Nancy!" mama cried, ml
wont hare you talk like that!
What will Aunt EUie think?"
Nancy only giggled. When she
had gone Aunt Ellle Watson said
"She wont need It- She'll marry
money. She's got a head. Looks
a lot ' like I did when I was
nineteen. Did X erer ihn
that picture ot me before I mar
ried Joseph?".
"No, you ' nerer did," mama
said with dignity.
Peter Hollenbeck choked.
'
NanMr Thnnv nn tim. v&Atwa
with fingers that shook.
"Well?" Lonlaa vaa wafttnr
SltUng on the stairway, hugging
ner anees. -
"It it was Jack. . Jack Bea
mer, you . know."
"I know." Louise's generous
mouth was a hard red line.
Nancy lifted dark eyes, soft
as nansr natal, to maat hr
tor's uncompromising gase. "It 1
you're going to : be mean about
it mere a no use my telling you
what he said."
"Oh. I can mesa. Tha tianal
line of soft soap. His regular
line." : .
"No It vun't t V,nM .
trembling all orer now. She ilck-
ea ner ups ana glanced anxious
ly .toward the closed door Into
the dining room. . . .
-wen, what, did he want?"
"Anita Mrs Rftamar ia a-n.
lug to meet him at Del Monte
tomorrow she s coming up for
the golf tournament. He's, going
w -Nancys roice thinned to
a frightened squeak, "to see
how she feels about a divorce.
Jack Reamer telephoned twice
la the next two days. Nancy talk
ed to him for twenty .minutes at
a time, long, secret eonrersatlons
her mouth close - to the phone,
the hand that held the recelrer
cold and moist. , ; j
"Who -was it, Nancy?" mama
wanted to know, as usual. -"Oh,
Just one of the boys.'
That would not hare, been
enough ordinarily, but what with
waiting on Aunt EUie. who had
to hare . warm milk or an egg
erery two hours, and helping the
girla get ready for Yosemlte,
mama wasn't quite herself.
; Papa wasn't well either. After
that tlrit long, roundabout talk
with Aunt' Ellle he seemed to
sense the futility ot expecting fi
nancial help from, her., Erery
night after . dinner he would
make a pretense of looking orer
his maH. Bills. Dunning, letters.
The only mall he erer got exeept
once In a while a lodge notice,
or a thin, cheap enrelope ad
dressed In faded Ink, probably
another dua from one of his
poor relations. - But . he ' hardly
looked at them any- more, and
when Naney wanted a pair of the
new scarlet kid slippers - to take
with her on the- trip, he agreed
without a murmur.
. Mama worried a little orer
him, but gentlemen took bills
orer seriously, and besides some
thing .would turn up. His oil
stock would begin to pay soon,
and tb girls would be getting
married,
(To continued)
TV. W. TRTUf ILL '
AURORA, Dec. 2 W. . T7. Ir
rin, SO year old pioneer of Ore
gon, is confined to his home with
a serious ease of pneumonia,"
BITS for BREAKFAST
-By B. J.
Organising the Orinbui
That means Oregon Informa
tion T4nran. romoosed. as the
iiMitiarw annonncemeatS r
VkWUUM -
real, of "Oregonlaas, now in
.Arthur nallfornia. past and
present residents,", who "offer co
operation.' -
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A preliminary- letter coea on to
mt! "An orcaalzation In Los
Anrelea. with headanarters In
room 4S7, Chamber of Commerce
bnildinr. called The onnou tan
abbreriation of Oregon Informa
tion bureau ) . its tnembersnip com
posed entirely or zormer . ana
nreaent residents of Oregon,
wants applications (without obli
gation) for three social, inree
commercial and three directorate
m ambers from each Of the. St
counties of Oregon. The object
Inst now is to assist, so tar as
possible,, the et forts of Oerernor
eiect Julius L. Meier to derelop
state newer plants, connected by
atale encircled transmission lines.
when nine applications nare
been received and accepted from
each eovnty, the nine names will
be notified by mall ana a mail
election held for one directorate
member from each county to form
an adrisory board of it members.
This offer' ceases December 24,
19 30. Address, with application
and request for leaflet. The Orin
bu, room 487, Chamber o Com
merce building, Los Angeles, Cal.
Reading, application entails no ob
ligation, but 'membership' will be
reserved for applicant,"
V
E. C. Pentland is the manager.
He, as the-Bits man remembers,
was an 'old time newspsper man
ot Oregon, working in sereral
sections, but performing his most
outstanding' labors when he ran
the newspaper at Independence,
and made things hum in the way
of community betterment enter
prises all orer the west side
counties In the days when there
was more riralry between that
side ot the Willamette and the
east side than there has been de
reloped since.
. Aside from the "object Just
now" of the Orlnbu, according to
the announcement, there ia a
good field for work for Oregon
derelopment in southern Califor
nia, with headquarters at Los
Angeles, where there 1 a great
influx, especially in the winter
season, from all sections of the
United States people gathering
there from the' four corners of
this country, and from foreign
countries, drawn by the "climate"
and many other attractions.
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-The Portland chamber of com
merce, and the state organisation,
hare been doing good work there.
But there is room for all sorts of
supplementary effort. The west
ward urge will continue indefin
itely. . Southern California - is
geared up-and organised for the
work of keeping it alire and at
tire. The tourist crop is bigger
than the orange crop down there.
It is the principal bread ticket of
that section and the chief source
ot the growth that has been going
on for years to the wonderment of
the world. And it is so Intense
and far reaching, that It is corn
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LABISH CENTER. Dee. 2.
Slides ot home mission work of
the Evangelical church were
shown by the pastor,. Rev. H. R.
Scheuerman, at I the services Sun
day erening, which - were under
the auspices of the Christian En-
dearor. . Mrs. H. M. Bibby had
charge of the derotional part of
the meeting.
Officers for the ensuing year
were elected at the monthly busi
ness and social meeting of the
Endearor society at the O. O. Mc-
Claughry home Friday erening.
The balloting resulted in the elec
tion of. the following: Grace
Klampe, president; Cecil Scheuer
mann rlce-presldent; Erme Horns-
chuch, secretary; Edward Mc-
Claughry, treasurer; Mrs. W. R.
Daugherty, missionary chairman;
Marty Sewell, social chairman and
Wlllard Hornschuch, pianist. Af
ter the social period, refreshments
of crackerjack and cocoa were
served.
The all-day clinic for p re-school
children and pupils ot the first,
fourth and seventh grades will be
held Thursday, December 4, at
the school, -The unit doctor and
Miss Margaret McAlpine. district
nurse, will be-In charge. .
Labish Center
People to Visit
San Jose, Calif.
LABISH CENTER, Dec. 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mahler left
Monday by auto la company with
their daughter. Elsie- McCracken,
for San Jose, where they will rls
it at their daughter's home. Mrs.
McCracken drore up from the Cal
ifornia city to spend the Thanks
giving holidays with her parents.
Mrs. Nettle Keeree and Miss
Anna Klampe of Jefferson, R.
Magnees - ot Harrisburr and Mr.
and Mrs. P. Springer ot Wood-
burn were Thanksgtrtng ; dinner
guests at the W. F. Klampe home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bibby and
sons, Delbert, Raymond and Max:
Mr. and Mrs. H. Ev Boehm and
son Clyde . and Mrs. Aurusta
Boehm, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. De-
gross and son Bobby, and Leslie
Klampe were among those - who
spent the past week end at De
lake. ... .
Miss Constance Weknman. the
mathematics and language teach
er at sotaerun high school, spent
the Thanks siring racatlon with
ner parents here, Mr. and Mrs.
i-a weinman.
Visit XTana r?in nn.
Mr. and Mrs. X3. Q. Hornschuch
and daarhtara. iTmnni t.
were Thaaksrlrlas'-meat af t
Ms. u. . Hornschuch at
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COU
GROUP
HENDIUCKS
ier ia be much orer done, in at
tracting more people than can be
accommodated. -
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Not that there is not plenty of
room left, Thero I an ocean of
room, The country is , big. Cut
without water it -was mostly a
desert, and without water It
would be a desert now and there
is no sure additional supply for
more acres under profitable cultl
ratlon and the needs of the grow
ing cities than has already been
tapped, or Is inr process ot being
brought Into use not counting
the share of that section of the
future measured rolume that will
come from the Colorado rirer in
the completion of the Boulder
dam project. And that Is 19 to
IS years off. Perhaps longer, for
the work oa the necessary pipe
Uses has not been started, nor
a rote had oa the bonds that must
be authorised and sold to proride
the money cost.
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" The westward pushing crowd
will keep on coming. . Oregon has
plenty of cheap, land, rest unde
r eloped resources and, It has wa
ter. Manifold opportunities are
hera that southern California can
not offer. That is. the greatest
field upon ; which Oregon can
draw, for new people, more capi
tal, fresh enterprise.
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And It Is the Cheapest source;
almost at our doors.. There is
ample capital in southern Cali
fornia to . build sereral more pa
per mills at Salem; using the In
exhaustible supply of raw materi
als In our forest reserves. There
is enough capital there to build
a flax, linen and hemp Industry
in the Willamette ralley to
bring f 100.000.000 annually hith
er for the manufactured product;
to employ 1,000,000 more people
here, directly and Indirectly.
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If The Orlnbu is ambitious for
a real big world to conquer, op
portunity Is thus suggested it is
a wide open opportunity; and
the sky Is. the limit,
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Francis A. . Elliott was Oregon
state forester for orer It years.
He died June 11. A recent issue
of "The Forest Log." official bul
letin of that service, under the
heading, "And He Chose One
Tree," had the following lines
about the passing of its chief:
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The Faller once again has passed
this way, .
And on life's western slope, at
, close of day.
He chose one tree.
So straight it stood; so sound ot
heart; despite
The storms that buffeted, and
sought by might
To make it bend. .
Long years it scattered on the
needled sward
Its seeds of kindness; pushing er
er upward
To the light and God.
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And friends of the forest, they
sign ana sway.
Since tbe Faller ot trees passed by,
mis way.
Christine Oxford Cronemiller.
Rates Fixed on
Water Service
By, Commission
An ordar it taanaA tiv ttia-
Publie serrice eommiaalon harm.
Tuesday fixing the rates of the
Joseph A. Strowbridge Estate
Comnanr. which fnrnlahea watav
In what is known as the Rochester
Addition, Multnomah county.
or tne first 400 cubie feet or
less for flre-elc htha mt thm
rate was fixed at 11.20. In excess
of 400 cubic feet the rate is 16
cents per 100 cubic feet.
-in cases where there is a one
inch service : pipe - and three
fourths inch meter the charge for
the first 400 cubic feet of water
shall be 21.10. Cuatomara will
keep all pipes, faucets and meters
on weir premises or connected
to their serrice in repair at their
own expense. -
FLETCHER DEATH
SIDD&SJHIML
NORTH HOWELL. TV.
News of the death ot Mrs. B. B.
Fletcher in Salem on Sunday af
ternoon caused much sorrow In
this community aa the. famtlr
hare lired here for many yeara
ana stm own - the old home at
Fletcher's corner.
Mrs. Fletcher bad manr warm r
friends here and her passing Is a
aisunct loss to the community as
a. friend and neighbor. Dean rm-
pathy Is expressed for the berear-
ea nusoana. 13. is. Fletcher who
taught school tor many years and
to the two danrhtera Vlnrm.
Hedrick and Lorraine Fletcher
ana tne only son, Ellsworth.
iwo iittie grandsons and a
host tot relatires. f n An 1B art A a a-
Quaintances also mourn her
death.
Road Excellent
To Valportand
Weather is Good
BRUSH ennrrr. rA 1
ben Jensen, Alice Jensen and Lil
lie. Madsen motored to WalporX
oavuraay ana spent the day up
and down the coast, going as fsr
south beyond Yachata as the road
was completed. They reported
the road to Walport In excellent
condition' and the weather alee
and warm.
While there, they met Mrs.
Maythel Lund Linn, formerly
from this neighborhood. They
also stopped at Fall Creek and
called on Mrs. Granville Yocum,
who was formerly Mls M!
Darenport of the Waldo Hills
district, - Mrs. Yocum and Mies
Jensen were in the same gradua
tion class ot the Ellrerton high
school.